The climate may change but one thing that never does is the use of climate change as a political wedge against Republicans. Also never changing is the call from some Republicans to neutralize the issue by handing more economic power to the federal government through a tax on carbon. The risk is that Donald Trump takes up the idea, which would hurt the economy with little benefit to the environment. George Shultz and James Baker, the esteemed former secretaries of State, have joined a group of GOP worthies for a carbon...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 24, 2017 23:26 UTC